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declared to y^e people; and all was quiet; and one man said; there was no old learned man to dispute w^th mee there; I told him I came not to     dispute but to declare truth to them, that they might come out of all the false Teachers, Shepherds wayes and to bee taught of god who was come to teach his people himselfe, and to bring them out of all false wayes and teachers an and that they might come off all false wayes and worshipps, and to bee guided by the spirit of God in themselves to God who was a spirit; for y:^e mighty day of the lord was Comming upon all sin and wicked nesse; and so had a larg time to declare the truth and the light of Christ in their hearts; and the word that letts them see their thoughts and their words that Divides asunder y:^e pretious from the vile and so passt away in peace to another     Steeple house some two Miles of from the Town; and being A Thirsty I spoke spyed a Brooke I went down to drinke; and being hote as I came back, I mett y:^e priest of y:^e parish, hee asked mee whether I had any thing to say to y:^e People that day; and If I had hee would neither oppose mee in words nor thought, so I told him opposse if hee would I had something to speak to y:^e people; and how hee had made a foole of himselfe, and had spoken contrary to y:^e witnesse of God in his Conscience two or three dayes before; for hee being the same priest of that steeplehouse where I had spoken before the other day and also in this, and hee knew that the people was taken w^th truth in the Countrey; and they would have com’ed to have heard mee rather then him __ And so I went upp to the steeplehouse, being a great place and a great people

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declared to the people; and all was quiet; and one man said; there was no learned man to dispute with me there; I told him I came not to dispute but to declare Truth to them, that they might come out of all the false Teachers’, Shepherds’ ways and to be taught of God who was come to teach his people himself , and to bring them out of all false ways and teachers and that they might come off all false ways and worships, and to be guided by the Spirit of God in themselves to God who was a spirit; for the mighty day of the Lord was coming upon all sin and wickedness; and so had a large time to declare the Truth and the Light of Christ in their hearts; and the Word that lets them see their thoughts and their words that divides asunder the precious from the vile and so passed away in peace to another steeplehouse some two miles off from the town; and being athirsty I spied a brook, I went down to drink; and being hot as I came back, I met the priest of the parish, he asked ‘whether I had anything to say to the people that day’; and ‘If I had he would neither oppose me in words nor thought’, so I told him ‘oppose if he would I had something to speak to the people’; and how he had made a fool of himself, and had spoken contrary to the witness of God in his conscience two or three days before; for he being the same priest of that steeplehouse where I had spoken before the other day and also in this, and he knew that the people was taken with Truth in the country; and they would have comed to have heard me rather then him __

And so I went up to the steeplehouse, being a great place and a great people